formalize
verb (used with object)
to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance.
had formalized
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past perfectof formalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Lula said in a video on Twitter that Brazil's foreign relations ministry had formalized Belem as a candidate to host COP30.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2023
England had taken the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664 and a treaty of 1667 had formalized its new status.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
In her final law-school paper, Murray had formalized the idea she’d hatched in class that day, arguing that segregation violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
Brownback also told participants that the state had formalized the first voluntary water conservation area created under a law adopted in April by the 2015 Legislature.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
In October 2013, Bloom and Kerr announced that they had formalized their months-long separation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2014
